Mouse advice please!

nitram100 · 13 Oct 2010 at 21:50

Hi guys,

Need some mouse advice as I am driving myself crazy trying to find the right one.

I have used a logitech Pilot optical for years and can kick ass with it, but I need a side button or two so have been trying to find a new mouse.

I am a claw grip gamer who uses low sens so I lift the mouse a lot.

I just bought a MX518 4 days ago but it was utter crap, sold it straight away, felt like holding a huge egg.

I then bought a razer copperhead as it was supposed to be a claw grip mouse, but it is too heavy with a liftoff problem, everytime I lift the mouse to turn the cursor flicks about a bit, so I sold that straight away aswell and there is far too much resistence on my new Steel series QCK mousepad.

Should I just give up and go back to my pilot or does a mouse exist that will suit my needs?

I'm starting to think gaming mice are all a load of rubbish and should just stick to a basic optical. Anyone have experience with the Intellimouse Explorer V3?

Thanks for any advice and sorry for the rant!

EDC · 14 Oct 2010 at 23:28

I now what you mean, I've gone through 4 recommended gaming mice in as many months searching for the holy grail, it's a personal thing mate, hand size, fit, type of grip, high or low sensitivity, fps or rpg gamer, etc.

So far I've tried

1. Gigabyte GM-M6880 Gaming Laser Mouse £10, (great for general work, but not for fps type games)
2. Logitech MX518 £22 (too small for my hand size and you can't turn off prediction)
3. Steel Series Ikari Laser £47. (nice mouse, very comfortable but hard to lift off and overpriced, for me it didn't perform any better than the MX518)
4. IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 £17 (it's perfect for me forget about the 400 DPI sensitivity, best mouse I've used in any FPS game I've tried)

For a claw grip, with easy lift off that you can set for low sensitivity I would be looking at the Steel Series Xai, it should also suit your QCK mat but be warned it's not cheap!

here's a few vids comparing the IE 3.0, Death Adder, & Xai gaming mice

http://www.youtube.com/user/takasta#p/c/6AAE7AF7AF6FF78C/1/d5TX5TmfiIA

http://www.youtube.com/user/takasta#p/c/6AAE7AF7AF6FF78C/2/6H7X231YADg

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PapaLazaru · 14 Oct 2010 at 23:29

Steelseries XAI - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-014-ST&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1257

alistair55 · 15 Oct 2010 at 07:32

g500 but I don't know if you can claw it ?

Philtor · 15 Oct 2010 at 08:43

I would suggest the G500 myself. Mate has one and it's very good. Practically the same as my G5 in terms of feel and performance.

AWPC · 15 Oct 2010 at 09:09

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-001-CM

Is all you ever need now every aspect of DPI is adjustable via the supplied software & it even has OLED for your own logo as well as the different LED lights which you can also adjust very quickly.

nitram100 · 15 Oct 2010 at 18:48

Thanks a lot for the info guys, I decided to buy a Intellimouse Explorer V3, first impressions are very good, thanks for the recommendations!

EDC · 16 Oct 2010 at 01:27

nitram100 said:
Thanks a lot for the info guys, I decided to buy a Intellimouse Explorer V3, first impressions are very good, thanks for the recommendations!

download "D4RKSL4Y3R's Mouse config Tool" and up the polling rate on your IE3.0 from 125Hz to 500Hz, no need to go higher as there's little improvement @ 1000Hz

link: http://www.fpsbanana.com/tools/download/4695

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Merlin5 · 16 Oct 2010 at 01:56

nitram100 said:
I just bought a MX518 4 days ago but it was utter crap, sold it straight away, felt like holding a huge egg.

nitram100 said:
I decided to buy a Intellimouse Explorer V3

I've got both mice. The IE 3.0 is both longer and wider and feels bigger than the MX518, so I hope you made the right decision if you thought the MX518 was too big. I much prefer the logitech, it's got a comfy thumbrest groove, and I'm not sure I'd want to go back to 400dpi.

nitram100 · 16 Oct 2010 at 14:53

EDC said:
download "D4RKSL4Y3R's Mouse config Tool" and up the polling rate on your IE3.0 from 125Hz to 500Hz, no need to go higher as there's little improvement @ 1000Hz

link: http://www.fpsbanana.com/tools/download/4695

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Nice one mate, definitely feels a bit better!

Merlin5, I think my main problem with the MX518 was how high the back of the mouse was. When I play, my wrist hardly moves on the mouse mat, I flick a lot, sidewards and upwards/downwards but with the mx518 when I would flick down the high rear of the mouse would force me to have to lift the mouse off the mat, hard to describe

Us PC gamers are a fickle lot! haha

If only Logitech could re release the best mouse in my gaming histroy, the logitech wingman gaming mouse, imagine that with a side button and optical sensor? Mmmmm